Posted on 04/25/2016 12:12:02 PM PDT by pboyington
It really is something absurd every day now.
Every day there is another story in the news about the careening, off the rails, flaming train wreck called the US military, courtesy of the Obama Administration and willing lackeys in the Pentagon.
This time the social engineering culprits are at West Point; you know the place that produced military superstars like Lee, Pershing, Patton, MacArthur and Schwarzkopf.
A recent story several days ago mentioned a West Point field trip to Jersey City, so that cadets could learn about Jersey City’s diverse cultural groups.
The cadets spent time with Muslim groups, among others, during a three-day tour of the city for their class, “Winning the Peace.”
During their April 15 visit to the Muslim Federation of New Jersey at 530 Montgomery St., cadets asked questions about Islam, ate traditional Pakistani dishes and attended a prayer session with the local Muslim community.
A West Point junior from a small town outside Seattle, said it’s been “eye-opening” to learn about different cultures after attending a high school that was mostly white.
“Collectively, we’ve all really enjoyed this experience so far,” he said.
Dr. Rafiq Chaudhry, a board member at the mosque, said the purpose of the cadets’ tour is to “appreciate the sensitivities of the different communities living in Jersey City.”
“We learn from them, they learn from us,” he said.
A West Point senior from South Jersey, said visiting different cultural groups and seeing how they live together in the same city has been an educational experience.
“It definitely surprised me that we have this population just over here in Jersey City. And it’s really impressive how they’re able to work together, and it’s really good to see that relationship,” she said.
You would think that West Point would send cadets on field trips to places like Gettysburg or to one of the many Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and other Civil War battlefields on the East Coast.
But, we must remember this is Obama’s Army; an Army slowly being eaten alive by the cancer of political correctness, sensitivity and gender neutrality.
Why would any West Point cadets want to learn about heroes like Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain or J.E.B. Stuart when they can learn about being sensitive toward the Muslim community in Jersey City?
What a gigantic waste of time and taxpayer money! But, then again, this is a US Army that was giving sensitivity training to its soldiers in Afghanistan. Think about that – sensitivity training in a combat zone!
Besides the politically correct virus destroying the Army, there’s also the recent obsession with peacekeeping, refugee management, nation building and counter-insurgency. These were topics normally reserved for civil affairs and Special Forces. Now, the whole Army is focused on this, with the result that the Army’s armored operational capabilities are about less than zero right now.
And, the Russians know it.
Hence, you have West Point sending cadets into Jersey City to attend Muslim prayer services, as if that’s going to teach future officers how to put a world of hurt on ISIS. Kneeling on a prayer mat and munching down Kabsa is great if you’re an SF officer in the Middle East. The cadets of West Point need to spend their time learning about American military history, tactics, operations and doctrine and stop wasting everyone’s time and money.
Our enemies are focused on defeating and destroying us in battle.
West Point is focused on building blocks of instruction that we’re created in some White House back room by a couple refugees from a Venice Beach Bernie Sanders rally.
What’s next for the Long Gray Line, a field trip tour of East Coast gender neutral bathrooms?
The fork in the road was September 11, 2001.
Thanks George. Thanks Republicans. Thanks FOX, Sean, Rush, and Mark for providing cover to the politicians all these years as they commit the most egregious acts of negligence in American history.
Sure, obama, jarrett, clinton, et.al., are bad, but the Founders knew their kind would come up from time to time. They could have been stopped right in their tracks, per the Constitution.
One of the many reasons why we should never over-revere the military.
They can be turned against us, as they are at the duty of the gov.
It never ends... :((
The corrupt liberalism you speak of is being imposed; it isn't welling up from the grassroots.
You would think that West Point would send cadets on field trips to places like Gettysburg or to one of the many Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and other Civil War battlefields on the East Coast.
We must remember this is Obama’s Army; an Army slowly being eaten alive by the cancer of political correctness.
For later
If the past is any measure these future officers will be deployed at some time to a Muslim country, perhaps multiple deployments. It seems to me a pretty sensible idea to have them meet some Muslims who won't be trying to kill them and learn something about the culture.
Patton had that same approach.
He read the Koran on the ship ride to N. Africa in WW2.
And with the added benefit that he had a ready source of toilet paper upon his arrival.
“To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. . . . Here, I think, is a text for some eloquent sermon on the virtues of Christianity.”
True. Patton also read Rommel’s book, although the movie took some license with that because the book was actually entitled “Infantry in Attack.” Rommel wrote it before he became a tanker. Still, know your enemy is a tried and true tactic.
Grim.
Ooo-rahhh
Yes, Marine Corps Mobile Training Teams to conduct Unconscious Bias training
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